An Academic Question (Virago Modern Classics)

Barbara Pym, Kate Saunders

ISBN 10: 1844087239 / ISBN 13: 9781844087235

Verlag: Virago 03/05/2012, 2012

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A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Barbara Pym (1913-80) was born in Shropshire and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. When in 1977 the TLS asked critics to name the most underrated authors of the past 75 years, only one was named twice (by Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil): Barbara Pym. Her novels are characterised by what Anne Tyler has called 'the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life'.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Academic Question (Virago Modern Classics)
Verlag: Virago 03/05/2012
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good